Malabar Chestnut – the Money Tree

Malabar chestnut (Pachira aquatica)
27 July 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 3 Comments 3 tags
In Taiwan money grows on trees. Perhaps not in the literal sense, but many inhabitants of the island believe and ...
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Ixora or Jungle Geranium

Jungle geranium (Ixora coccinea)
21 July 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 2 tags
Ixora is a genus of a flowering shrub from the Rubiaceae family. There are hundreds of species and cultivated varieties ...
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Touch-Me-Not

Sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica)
20 July 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 1 tag
Seeing a wild animal advancing rapidly through its habitat is nothing unusual. But watching a plant perform rapid evasive movement, ...
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Spotted Dove

Spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
16 July 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 1 tag
Witnessing the behaviour of animals in nature and their relationships is never short of astonishing. The case of the rescued ...
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Hand-Raising Spotted Dove Chick

Spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
14 July 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 2 Comments 2 tags
Typhoons can cause enormous damage not only to plants and farms, but also to wild animals. One of the victims ...
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Typhoon Soulik

Papaya (Carica papaya)
13 July 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 2 tags
One of the less pleasant aspects of living on islands or in the coastal areas of climatically warmer zones is ...
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Snake in Aviary

10 July 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 3 tags
High drama in the aviary for the past two days. On Monday evening, when I walked into the shed which ...
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From Coral Beach to Alpine Country in Three Hours

9 July 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 3 tags
Southern Taiwan is an extraordinary place in many ways. With a hot and humid climate, colourful coral formations, sandy beaches, ...
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Kikuchi’s Habu or Mountain Pit Viper

Kikuchi's Habu (Trimeresurus gracilis)
8 July 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 2 tags
Yesterday was my lucky day. Kikuchi’s habu or Taiwan mountain pit viper (Trimeresurus gracilis) is an endemic species of snake ...
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Australia’s Eastern Water Dragon

Eastern Water Dragon (Physignathus lesueurii lesueurii)
5 July 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 2 tags
Still about the smallest continent, Australia’s eastern water dragon (Physignathus lesueurii lesueurii), an endemic species, is truly a memorable sight. ...
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